Pietro Griffo

PIETRO GRIFFO (Italy, 1934- 1995).
Untitled.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower right corner. Signed on the back.
Measurements: 70 x 50 cm; 82 x 62 cm (frame).
The composition focuses on the figure, whose direct gaze establishes a subtle dialogue with the viewer, while the background dissolves in a warm atmosphere populated by pots and vegetation.the work is characterized by a loose and luminous invoice, close to post-impressionist sensibilities, where the visible brushstroke and chromatic vibration contribute to create an impression of natural light filtered through the plants.
Pietro Griffo was an Italian painter active during the second half of the twentieth century, whose production is part of the European figurative painting developed in the post-war period. Born in 1934 in Italy, he was formed in an artistic context marked by the coexistence between avant-garde currents and the persistence of pictorial traditions more linked to figuration, landscape and still life.